Mixcla at The W Gallery

Two-time Boston Music Awards, Trio MIXCLA, is a play on words and a play on sounds
hailed from the mountains of Chile, to the traditions of Japan and driven by the fires of Cuba, to achieve a truly unique Afro Cuban Jazz experience. MIXCLA is led by composer/pianist and singer Zahili Gonzalez Zamora with Gerson Esteban Lazo Quiroga on bass and Takafumi Nikai-do on percussion. All members of this sonic masterpiece are graduates of Berklee College of Music, and have represented the school internationally in various events, such as the Montreal Jazz Fest 2015, and the 59th Monterey Jazz Festival, in which they were highly acclaimed...

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Two-time Boston Music Awards, Trio MIXCLA, is a play on words and a play on sounds
hailed from the mountains of Chile, to the traditions of Japan and driven by the fires of Cuba, to achieve a truly unique Afro Cuban Jazz experience. MIXCLA is led by composer/pianist and singer Zahili Gonzalez Zamora with Gerson Esteban Lazo Quiroga on bass and Takafumi Nikai-do on percussion. All members of this sonic masterpiece are graduates of Berklee College of Music, and have represented the school internationally in various events, such as the Montreal Jazz Fest 2015, and the 59th Monterey Jazz Festival, in which they were highly acclaimed. The 40th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards granted them the Outstanding Performance title with Zahili’s arrangement of Puerto Padre, a composition by Cuban pianist, Emiliano Salvador. This mixture of cultural spices makes the perfect recipe for any musical experience.

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